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| 4 civilians killed, 19 people injured by blast in southeast Turkey | 4 civilians killed, 19 people injured by blast in southeast Turkey |
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| Four civilians have been killed and 19 more injured in an explosion in the Turkish town of Silopi, located in the country’s mainly Kurdish southeast, media reports, citing security sources. | |
| Five of the injured are members of the security forces, according to state-run Anadolu news agency and Reuters citing sources in law enforcement. | |
| Local NTV television network reports that a hand-made explosive device was placed in a street sewer and detonated as a police car was passing by. It also reports that authorities suspect that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is behind the attack. | Local NTV television network reports that a hand-made explosive device was placed in a street sewer and detonated as a police car was passing by. It also reports that authorities suspect that the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) is behind the attack. |
| Photos from the alleged scene of the blast have been posted online, but RT can’t verify their authenticity. | Photos from the alleged scene of the blast have been posted online, but RT can’t verify their authenticity. |
| The wounded have been taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance, some said to be in critical condition, local media report. | The wounded have been taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance, some said to be in critical condition, local media report. |
| Silopi, located in Turkey’s Sirnak province near the Turkish-Iraqi border, has been engulfed in fierce fighting between Kurdish fighters based in the southeast of the country and Ankara’s security forces in recent months. Last year, Ankara launched an offensive against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which it considers to be a terrorist organization | Silopi, located in Turkey’s Sirnak province near the Turkish-Iraqi border, has been engulfed in fierce fighting between Kurdish fighters based in the southeast of the country and Ankara’s security forces in recent months. Last year, Ankara launched an offensive against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), which it considers to be a terrorist organization |
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| Another attack targeting Turkish police took place in southeastern city of Diyarbakir on May 10, when a car bomb exploded next to a police vehicle near the city center, killing three people and injuring some 45. Twelve policemen were wounded in that explosion, along with five jail inmates who were being moved while in police custody. A senior official said that some of them had been members of the PKK and may have been targeted for being suspected informants. |